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document new feature: configurable default values for parameters

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Signed-off-by: Steven Armstrong <steven@icarus.ethz.ch>
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Steven Armstrong 2013-09-04 22:23:01 +02:00
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docs/man/cdist-reference.text.sh
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@ -116,8 +116,13 @@ confdir/type/<name>/parameter/required::
confdir/type/<name>/parameter/optional::
Parameters optionally accepted by type, \n seperated list.
confdir/type/<name>/parameter/default/*::
Default values for optional parameters.
Assuming an optional parameter name of 'foo', it's default value would
be read from the file confdir/type/<name>/parameter/default/foo.
confdir/type/<name>/parameter/boolean::
Boolean parameters accepted by type, \n seperated list.
Boolean parameters accepted by type, \n seperated list.
confdir/type/<name>/explorer::
Location of the type specific explorers.

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@ -82,10 +82,16 @@ follow the standard unix behaviour "the last given wins".
If either is missing, the type will have no required, no optional, no boolean
or no parameters at all.
Default values for optional parameters can be predefined in
***parameter/default/<name>***.
Example:
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echo servername >> cdist/conf/type/__nginx_vhost/parameter/required
echo logdirectory >> cdist/conf/type/__nginx_vhost/parameter/optional
echo loglevel >> cdist/conf/type/__nginx_vhost/parameter/optional
mkdir cdist/conf/type/__nginx_vhost/parameter/default
echo warning > cdist/conf/type/__nginx_vhost/parameter/default/loglevel
echo server_alias >> cdist/conf/type/__nginx_vhost/parameter/optional_multiple
echo use_ssl >> cdist/conf/type/__nginx_vhost/parameter/boolean
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@ -108,6 +114,9 @@ if [ -f "$__object/parameter/logdirectory" ]; then
logdirectory="$(cat "$__object/parameter/logdirectory")"
fi
# optional parameter with predefined default
loglevel="$(cat "$__object/parameter/loglevel")"
# boolean parameter
if [ -f "$__object/parameter/use_ssl" ]; then
# file exists -> True